If you have a ton of stock and are in trouble, would you not try harder to blow out some of the stuff you already have? Or at least give customers a shot at a decent discount – have a “wheel of deals” or something as an incentive for visiting. There should be basic things they could try rather than ask for money.
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This is kind of what is holding me back from going. I buy a ton of crap books just to support people and shops. Don’t know how I feel on this one.
I agree with you in the sense that I don’t like it either. I feel that the store should have a clearly marked price for whatever we want to buy—not just random boxes that are full of books priced at the counter. They are, in essence, making you price their books for them. It seems lazy and unprofessional to me. I find it to be in bad taste.
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I agree but for one point. I supported a GoFundMe for someone at a comic shop I love who developed an illness. It was emphasized the money was for his medical expenses that insurance would not cover. I’d say 90% of the time he is the one who is there working hard at the shop (the other owners are more silent partners) but he had to take some time out for Chemo, recovery, etc. That is a GoFundMe I did not hesitate to support. If it were just a shop struggling, then I would definitely not support that. In the case of the shop an hour from you, I would not contribute, clearly.
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That’s 100% different.
Now, if the business had something unfortunate out of their control occur (theft, flood, fire) and it was a pillar in the community and needs help to recover, I get it. But why should anyone fund this…? It’s basically up pricing new comics and begging people to pay those prices so you can keep selling them.
Either the shop is in a bad location, or they made bad business decisions. Best to put them out of their misery rather than string them along. A go fund me is not a recovery plan that fixes the underlying problem.
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Did anyone hear if they are continuing these DC x Sonic later printing covers? The last one came out in July and nothing on FoC. Someone posted an image on this site a while ago with all the covers they were planning to do, but I can’t find it.
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I’m pondering how those LEGO’s work on his shoes… 
I can’t unsee that now lol
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https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=62231253
Only the three so far. They’ve all been issue 1, so unless they do another printing….
i dont think 3rd sold enough for a 4th
Probably not. Which means spec potential!!
I was helping my dad clean out his house this past weekend and we found a tube with these two sketches inside:
I finally had a chance to see, “Superman,” and quite enjoyed it!